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TABLE 1—COMPANIES APPROVED TO PROVIDE IFM SERVICES TO ATLANTIC HERRING VESSELS DURING IFM YEARS
2020–2021—Continued
Provider

Approved IFM service(s)

Contact information

A.I.S., Inc ...........................................................

Industry-funded observer, at-sea monitoring,
portside sampling.

East West Technical Services LLC ...................

Industry-funded observer, at-sea monitoring,
portside sampling.

Saltwater Inc ......................................................

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540 Hawthorn St, North Dartmouth, MA
02747.
508–990–9054 (p); 508–990–9055 (f).
www.aisobservers.com.
P.O. Box 643864, Vero Beach, FL 32964.
860–910–4957 (p); 860–223–6005 (f).
www.ewts.com.
733 N St, Anchorage, AK 99501.
907–276–3241 (p); 907–258–5999 (f)
www.saltwaterinc.com.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 17, 2020.
He´le`ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–08575 Filed 4–22–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: NOAA Space-Based Data
Collection System (DCS) Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0157.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of an existing collection).
Number of Respondents: 225.
Average Hours per Response: 0.5
hours.
Burden Hours: 113.
Needs and Uses: The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) operates two
space-based data collection systems
(DCS) per 15 CFR part 911: The
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES) DCS
and the Polar-Orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite (POES) DCS,
also known as the Argos system. Both
the GOES DCS and the Argos DCS are
operated to support environmental
applications, e.g., meteorology,
oceanography, hydrology, ecology, and

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remote sensing of Earth resources. In
addition, the Argos DCS currently
supports applications related to
protection of the environment, e.g.,
hazardous material tracking, fishing
vessel tracking for treaty enforcement,
and animal tracking. Presently, the
majority of users of these systems are
government agencies and researchers
and much of the data collected by both
the GOES DCS and the Argos DCS are
provided to the World Meteorological
Organization via the Global
Telecommunication System for
inclusion in the World Weather Watch
Program.
Current loading on both of the
systems does not use the entire capacity
of that system, so NOAA is able to make
its excess capacity available to other
users who meet certain criteria.
Applications are made in response to
the requirements in 15 CFR 911 (under
the authority of 15 U.S. C. 313, Duties
of the Secretary of Commerce and
others), using system use agreement
(SUA) forms. The application
information received is used to
determine if the applicant meets the
criteria for use of the system. The
system use agreements contain the
following information: (1) The period of
time the agreement is valid and
procedures for its termination, (2) the
authorized use(s) of the DCS, and its
priorities for use, (3) the extent of the
availability of commercial services
which met the user’s requirements and
the reasons for choosing the government
system, (4) any applicable government
interest in the data, (5) required
equipment standards, (6) standards of
operation, (7) conformance with
applicable International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) agreements and regulations, (8)
reporting time and frequencies, (9) data
formats, (10) data delivery systems and
schedules and (11) user-borne costs.

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Accepted applicants use the NOAA
DCS to collect environmental data and
in limited cases, non-environmental
data via the Argos DCS, to support other
governmental and non-governmental
research or operational requirements,
such as for law enforcement purposes.
The applicants must submit information
to ensure that they meet these criteria.
NOAA does not approve agreements
where there is a commercial service
available to fulfill the user requirements
(per 15 CFR part 911).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; state,
local, or tribal government; business or
other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual, every 3 years,
every 5 years (per regulations).
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or maintain benefits.
Legal Authority: 15 CFR 911.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0157.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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